Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of 22 members who are elected by the membership at each Annual General Meeting.

The Steering Committe helps members to guide the actions of Food Secure Canada, coordinating and overseeing projects and meetings. Steering Committee members serve for two years, and half of the positions are up for election at each Annual General Meeting. FSC aims to have Steering Committee members from different sectors and from all regions of Canada, including: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, BC, and Territories.

The Executive Committee is charged with the day-to-day management of the organization. It consists of four sectoral directors, plus the officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer). The sectors are:

Zero Hunger

Healthy and Safe Food

A Sustainable Food System

International Issues

Names, locations, responsibilities and organizations (for identification puposes only) of steering committee members are listed below. There is currently one vacancy.

Steering Committee 2009-2010:

Alison Blay-Palmer, Waterloo (Ontario), Wilfred Laurier University Geography & Environment Studies

*David Bruer, Ottawa (Ontario), Inter Pares Director, International Issues

Carole Christopher, Vancouver (BC), co-chair, Vancouver Food Policy Council

Barton Cutten, Lower Truro, NS (Atlantic), farmer

* Cathleen Kneen, Ottawa (Ontario); co-publisher, The Ram's Horn; Chair

* Glen Koroluk, Winnipeg (Prairies), Beyond Factory Farming; Treasurer

Steven MacKinnon, Cornwall, PEI (Atlantic), farmer

Dawn Marsden, Mission (BC), Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, UBC School of Population Health

Joan Norberg, Whitehorse, Yukon (Territories), farmer

Anna Paskal, Montreal  (Québec), food policy consultant (currently on maternity leave)

* Andrea Peart, Ottawa (Ontario), Health & Environment Committee, Canadian Labour Congress; Vice-Chair

* Shawn Pegg, Toronto (Ontario), representing Food Banks Canada; Director, Zero Hunger

Tracy Phillippi, Toronto (Ontario), Toronto Youth Food Policy Council, shared position with Tammara Soma

* Katherine Pigott, Kitchener (Ontario), representing Waterloo Region Public Health; Director Healthy & Safe Food

Jane Rabinowicz, Montreal (Québec), Santropol Roulant

Susan C. Roberts, Spruce Grove, Alberta (Prairie Provinces), representing Growing Food Security in Alberta

Wayne Roberts, Toronto (Ontario), representing the Toronto Food Policy Council

Rebecca Schiff, Regina, Saskatchewan (Prairie Provinces), representing Food Secure Saskatchewan

Tammara Soma, Toronto (Ontario), Toronto Youth Food Policy Council, shared position with Tracy Phillippi

Annette Stapenhorst, Sheshatshiu, Labrador (Atlantic, working for Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation)

Pierre Verrault, Gatineau (Québec), Canadian Association of Professional Fish Harvesters

Michelle Visser-Wikkerink, Winnipeg, MB (Prairie Provinces), Indian Family Centre